Hermione Gingold Quotes

If you want to play the good roles, spend more time in in college and in acting class than you do in the gym, and you'll have the career you want.

I pick up a lot of stuff from them, but I don't think there's any great trick to acting.

It's a funny thing. You sort of never figure it out with acting. You're always learning.

I would be the worst acting coach ever, because I have no idea what I'm doing.

Some people go to acting classes to learn. I just kind of went for the dates.

I was trained by Method acting teachers and we were taught that aside from whatever gift you may or may not have or the level of that gift, that you were obliged to know how to build a table. It's a craft. It's like being a ballerina or a violinist.

Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.

I could probably do a documentary on acting classes; I've taken so many.

I am a proud participant of the Spencer Tracy School of Acting: Know your lines, don't bump into the furniture.

In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.

Drama school can't make you a brilliant actor, but you can do stuff for three years - you're not going to be fired. You should just go for it all, even the stuff you think is codswallop.

I need to go where people are serious about acting.

There are so many actors that I meet that don't act enough. Definitely take class, definitely train - that's the most important thing you do. Build your craft. Become better.

The best way to study to be an actor is to interact genuinely with the people around you and observe and listen.

As an actor sometimes you can be a bit emotional and forceful, and that's not always the way to be.

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

I trained as a stage actor and was given a lot of technical tools to play with.

I've not taken like acting lessons or anything but it doesn't mean I don't need to because I'm sure I do.

A solid theatrical education can only improve a screen performance. It gives you a fuller capacity to read a script and understand a character, for one thing. It's important to alternate between the two activities.

As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.

I don't think actors get good training today. I put my training to use in everything I do.

I thought acting was all about natural instinct but I've realised, through working with so many talented actors on 'Wild Swans' and 'Run,' that I can see the training. That's why I am back at drama school.

Yes, I was actually an acting teacher for a while.

My style is an extension of acting and an outcome of some serious lessons I picked up learning when I did theatre in my early days.

Even though I was theatrically trained, learning to develop a character was an awesome experience.